Job Title: Senior Business Support Administrator
Location: Swindon, Wiltshire
Compensation: £26,500 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF70915
Drive Excellence in Contract Administration
At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Business Support Administrator at MOD Lyneham, near Swindon, Wiltshire.
The role
As a Senior Business Support Administrator, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will play a vital part in supporting the smooth, compliant and efficient running of our MoD Apprenticeships contract. This is an exciting opportunity to lead administrative activity that directly contributes to operational performance, high quality learner journeys and the successful delivery of an important national programme. It is a role where your attention to detail, coordination skills and ability to maintain strong standards will have a meaningful impact and give you opportunities to grow your career in a professional, structured environment.
Day to day you’ll be required to:
- Lead and coordinate daily administrative activities while supervising staff and ensuring tasks are completed accurately
- Maintain learner files, funding paperwork and audit ready documentation in line with internal and DfE requirements
- Manage data entry and reporting through systems such as Maytas and SharePoint with accuracy and timeliness
- Oversee office facilities, manage information requests and support the identification and mitigation of risks
- Build strong working relationships across delivery, quality, compliance and assurance teams to support smooth contract operations
The role is based onsite at MOD Lyneham, and the set working times are Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm and Friday 8am to 1pm, totalling 37 hours per week.
Essential experience of the Senior Business Support Administrator:
- Proven experience in a senior business administration role or environment
- Confident user of MS Excel, Word and Outlook
Qualifications for the Senior Business Support Administrator:
- Maths and English GCSE at grade C or above or grade 4–9 (or equivalent) or Functional Skills English and Maths Level 2
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Application Guidance
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.
Closing date: 26/01/2026
